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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes reference second class matter date November 28 1908 at Winchester Kentucky under law March 3 1879. Mentions five dollar and twenty one cent amount and delivery year with terms about payment at office or collection of a seek.
Classified ad rates listed by inch time period and frequency. Discounts include three months ten percent six months twenty five percent and a war era thirty three and one third percent. Reading notices priced per line in body type with headings in news style.
A brief item notes a new phone number and mentions Saturday March 6, 1909, in relation to the temperance topic. The notice appears as part of a local newspaper page segment with minimal readable context.
The piece discusses Kentucky party dynamics with temperance and prohibition debates. It notes Republican and Democratic influences on the County Unit law and the state liquor platform. It argues for statewide prohibition if put to a vote and urges liquor advocates to accept local option county units amid reform sentiment.
The article notes three retiring senators Ofaker? Foraker of Ohio Teller of Colorado and Platt of New York. It highlights Foraker as highly capable a formidable debater who opposed the Railway Rate bill and led the Porto Rican bill under McKinley. It praises his courage for supporting Negro soldiers in the Twenty fifth Infantry and warns against his political scruples.
The piece reflects on Senator Teller’s lasting Colorado ties and Pratt’s demise, noting his mining land and irrigation expertise. It also mentions Vice-President Fairbanks leaving the Senate and praises McCreary as an efficient representative, highlighting a broader retirements wave from the chamber.
Samuel Martin of Scott County found a horse molar lodged about eighteen inches inside a large ash tree while cutting it. Veterinarians confirmed the tooth's origin, dating its encasement to perhaps fifty years ago, with theories suggesting a horse bit the sapling and left the tooth as the tree grew.
London Kentucky report states George Messer and Martha Lewis indicted for robbery of George Wyatt are arrested in Lexington and held on the charge, per telegram from Lexington Police Chief J. J. Reagan to Sheriff George W. Swanner dated March 8.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky March J P McWilliams reports the Main street property on the corner of Jackson street sold to J H McBrayer for 3500 dollars.
In Glasgow Kentucky on March 8 the former valuable property tied to Oil City near Beaver Creek a boom town sold at the courthouse door for 2500 after originally costing about 50000.
Fifty four pedestrians form 27 teams start an international go as you please race at Madison Square Garden. The contest runs 142 hours with finish set for 10 p m next Saturday night. Prizes total 5000 dollars with 1500 to the winning team and proportional shares for the next seven teams. Teams may relieve partners but cannot be on track more than 12 hours in any 24 hour period.
The Louisville Times featured a photo of Robert Winn White son of Mr and Mrs Charles White of Wade's Mil He is described as Col Thomas G Stuart's special protégé His striking resemblance to William Jennings Bryan is noted along with his charm and entertainment in a childlike manner.
Washington reports a riot by Company K of the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers after wrecking lunch rocks and bricks at homes. They boarded a departing train to evade arrest as sixth precinct reserves chased the fleeing soldiers. A grocery store proprietor was beaten and driven from his shop.
Postmaster A. R. Perry lists unclaimed letters including Jas M Brown Gnuss Barnett Pleas Chesnutt Cassie Eades Billie Fox J H Huston David Lee Holder Lucy Harkins Mary Elizabeth James Bell Linch Jim Lawson Frank Oliver Nancy Raugh Gay Simpson D B Salyer Cyntha Smith Nancy Todd H L Triggs Mary Wheeler W M A R P Perry signs the notice.
The negroes of Montgomery Alabama will present former United States Senator Joseph B Foraker with a handsome testimonial as thanks for his championship of the negro troops linked to the Brownsville affair. Collections were raised in negro churches and among men’s fraternal groups to fund the gift.
A severe lightning storm in Mercer county struck Baz Mitchells residence damaging the telephone box and shocking several family members though none were seriously hurt. A tree in the yard was split by the blast and the storm caused deafening thunder with limited countywide damage. Post Office announces a new star route between Harrodsburg and Mackville starting April. James H Spillman and his wife, married in London, arrived and are staying with relatives on Lexington Street.
Attorney Patrick's occupation in Ossining New York reports that Warden Frost relieved Albert T. Patrick from routine duties as a life prisoner. Patrick may receive books from the law library and his cell is described as a law office while the appellate division in Brooklyn grants him two weeks to file a brief pending the court's decision on his motion.
The report by Charles P. Neill to the Senate details telegraph company labor, hours, wages, and conditions. It compares 1873 1883 and 1908 rates, shows wage declines in Western Union and Postal services, and lists 1908 city averages with Mobile Buffalo Chicago San Francisco and Philadelphia among others.
Senator Samuel A. Ettelson weighs a plan to differentiate titles by marriage status. He proposes making it a crime for married men to use the title Mister, arguing it would protect unmarried women and promote harmony, while segregating benedicts from bachelors.
Washington reports progress on the Panama Canal with January figures from the canal commission. In January 327 tons of explosives were used and drilling covered 75 percent of a mile, indicating ongoing advance in rock work.
Hirschel Hogg, self confessed Night Rider and killer of Captain Quentin Rankin at Walnut Log in October, escapes from Dresden jail and remains at large. Military at Fort Rogan alerted and conducting a broad search. authorities believe he hides in lake regions.
A 19th century style argumentative set asks why households should not enjoy full baths, in‑home water, filtered cistern water, green yards, and convenient modern comforts. It argues the barriers are economy and enterprise rather than money, urging readers to pursue better living standards at home.
In Augusta Kentucky on March 8 the Bracken County Tobacco Society plans to distribute 40 percent of the 1906 crop money through the county banks. The amount is 258000 dollars. a 45 percent distribution totaling 289000 dollars occurred last fall. About 100 hogsheads of the 1906 crop remain in local warehouses, while the American Tobacco Company received 1067 hogsheads of the 3800. Part of the 1907 crop proceeds will be distributed around mid April.
Weary Wiggles laments his worn trousers in a humorous line from Lippincott’s. The character speaks in a folksy voice about clothes at the end of their life, turning a simple wardrobe worry into a playful moment.
Philadelphia March 8 Confirmation by Reading railroad President Baer that a conference will be held Thursday between Mine Workers Union representatives and mine operators. The meeting aims to settle a wage agreement for three years starting April 1 for the anthracite miners and operators.
The American Rolling Mill Company's sheet mill in Zanesville Ohio shut down indefinitely, impacting 200 workers. Officials cited a general depression in the sheet steel market caused by price cuts by United States Steel Corporation.
In Nicholasville Kentucky the Robert Simpson case against Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Insurance Company Crawfordsville Indiana ended in compromise for 1250 dollars. Simpson had insured his stallion Montgomery Ward for 2500 dollars but the horse was struck by lightning before policy acceptance. The insurer refused payment and the suit sought recovery.
Medina March 8 Guy Rasor found guilty of manslaughter by jury for the murder of his sweetheart Orie Lee on October 8. Penalty set at one to twenty years in the penitentiary.
In Cleveland the W. J. Gordon homestead on West Ninth street yielded hidden tunnels and secret stairways leading to hillside caves above the Cuyahoga river. The discoveries include concealed closets and cabinets across floors. Gordon, once a major liquor wholesaler, donated the city’s largest park and was seen as eccentric.
Edward Spencer Rogers a 17 year old at 69 High street demonstrated that a spark coil vibrator used without grounding can transmit messages. He read messages from Wellfleet on Cape Cod to ocean steamships when Interrup tions came from an airship transmitter in a nearby garage run by Prof. Joseph La Roux.
Fifteen people are reported killed by an avalanche that demolished a house in Pradel village Belluno province Venetia on March 8.
Eighteen malefactors of small wealth were whipped at the Wilmington work house. Joseph Pulitzer has returned to New York after a cruise in southern waters. Elton Baldwin, who murdered his mother in Allegan, Michigan, received a life sentence at Jackson penitentiary. Israel S. Donnell of Mansfield, Ohio, was found guilty of uttering a forged note. A four year old son of Bradford Norton of Monroe, Michigan, was killed by falling out of bed.
The Building Trades council of Greater New York ruled grave digging is a miscellaneous trade not a building trade. The Grave Diggers union was denied membership in the council.
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